'Akbara
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'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old vill
Modern village of Akbara
'Akbara, as seen from adjacent hill
'Akbara before its conquest on 9 May 1948
'Akbara, 1946
Al-Khisas
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Al-Khisas, also known as Khisas or Khissas, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 31 kilometers northeast of Safed on a natural terrace about 1
'Akbara
…1948, during Operation Yiftah, under the command of Yigal Allon, Galilee was cleared of its Palestinian Arab population. Following the 25 May exodus of al-Khisas, the last 55 villagers who had remained in their homes for just over a year were "transferred" by Israeli forces despite having friendly relations and…
Ruins of a destroyed house in Al-Khisas after the 1947 Al-Khisas raid
Former manor house of Emir Faour of Al-Khisas, now a hotel in kibbutz HaGoshrim.
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